Example sentences of "[verb] round at [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Looking round at the elegant dining room , waited on by the unobtrusive Friedrich , Peter Müller wondered what it would be like to live on such a scale , with so much money to make life as smooth as silk . |
| 2 | I made a mug of decaf and sat looking round at the crumbling plaster ceiling , the curdled paintwork , the tatty carpet and the flophouse furnishings . |
| 3 | So she got up slowly from the floor , the last few sobs still springing unbidden up her throat , and without looking round at the disordered room once more , she picked up her lamp and went down to her bedroom to change . |
| 4 | Right in the middle of an expanse of orderly herringbone there can be a patch , identical to the rest except that it is twisted round at a different angle so that the ‘ weave ’ goes off in another direction . |
| 5 | Donna glanced round at the other occupants of the room but they were all hunched over their chosen books , seated at the wooden desks . |
| 6 | And he glanced round at the still-insensible Liam and threw away the cigarette in disgust . |
| 7 | She stood for a moment staring round at the flickering shadows thrown by the lone candle , the fire had died long since and the room was cold and suddenly lonely . |
| 8 | Glancing round at the noisy throng , Ellie observed helpfully , ‘ I expect they find each other 's groups more interesting . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I turn round at a leaning gate post where the gate is permanently open , if somewhat askew . |
| 10 | She paused outside the villa , and looked round at the dark hills against the starry sky . |
| 11 | I felt sure that if Mr Reed had lived he would have treated me kindly , and now , as I looked round at the dark furniture and the walls in shadow , I began to fear that his ghost might come back to punish his wife for not keeping her promise . |
| 12 | Culley looked round at the bare walls and smiled . |
| 13 | I came down when she called me and found him standing in the living-room with a look of distaste on his face as he looked round at the overflowing ash trays , the dirty grate , the pile of chair cushions tumbled in the middle of the floor . |
| 14 | He looked round at the other diners . |
| 15 | He looked round at the other rabbits , who were all staring either at Bigwig or at himself . |
| 16 | Mr Malik looked round at the assembled school . |
| 17 | I wondered , as I looked round at the massed ranks of chaps , young and old . |
| 18 | Then , slightly bemused , he lifted his head and stared round at the cheering crowd that had gathered in the doorway . |
| 19 | Charles was handing round the silver tray of champagne , his smile one of pure pleasure and pride as he gazed round at the assembled family in the conservatory . |
| 20 | In a cup of tea , the particles whizz round at a great rate ; in the mantle the flow is so slow that it would be barely perceptible over the course of a human lifetime . |
| 21 | ‘ I was pleased , and I still am ! ’ she said , beaming round at the wooden gods . |